Improvement in lounges



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM SHORT AND DAVID SHORT, OF WEST LIBERTY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOUNGES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 56,809, dated July 31, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM SHORT and DAVID SHORT, of West Liberty, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lounges and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of our invention. Fig. 2 is a rear or back view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view showing thedevice with its back turned down to a horizontal position.

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Our invention relates to an improvement in that class of lounges whose .backs can be lowered to'iorm a bed.

A designates the seat of the chair, which is mounted on rockers aa in the usual manner, eX- cept, perhaps, th at the rockers are a littlelon ger than they would be ordinarily. A' designates the back of the chair. (See Figs. l and 2.) This is joined to a seat by a rod, b, passing` through its lowest extremity and through the seat also, and this permits the back to be raised orlowered to form a chair or couch, as the case may be. The back A is so stuffed that when it is thrown down it will throw up the stuffing on its lower edge so as to bring it on a level with the stut'n g of the seat, as shown in Fig. 2 at 3, and this is a matter of'considerable importance, for in this case the cushion and back need not be removable, nor will there be any necessity for providing a roll of stuffing to place in thecrack between the seat and back, which is formed when the back and seat are connected, as heretofore.

To each rocker a, near :its outer end, there is pivoted a short leg, C, and to the loose end of these legs there are connected the respective ends of a rod, D. This rod commences, say,at one leg C, and extends-vertically up to the back of the chair, where it is secured by a staple, c thence horizontally along the back to the side opposite where it commenced, where another staple, c', secures it; thence down to the other leg, all of which will be understood by reference to Fig. 2.

When the back is to be let down to form a couch it will be noticed that the rod D causes the lower ends of the pivoted legs O to turn outward so that they will rest upon the Hoor; hence the rocking capacity ot' the chair is at once overcome, and the seat and back are brought on a level with each other.

The back of the chair is held braced up by a transverse rod, E, whose lower ends are pivoted to the rockers. This rod serves as apawl operating on both arms of the rod D. When the back is raised and the rod E is thrown forward it drops into notches e cut in the arms of the rod D, and consequently keeps the back braced up.

Springs fmay be employed for keeping the pawl E pressed toward the rod D, if desired.

It will be noticed that the Inechanism for operating the back is simple in every respect, and not liable to get out of order.

Vhatwe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofthe leg C, rod D, and pawl-rod E with the back A', for adjusting the position of the latter, substantially as shown and described.

ABRAHAM SHORT. Y DAVID SHORT.

Witnesses:

T. J. BLACKBURN, ROBERT N. JORDAN. 

